Rationality, philosophy: rationality is the ability of a being to consciously adapt to a situation due to the generalizations of his experiences. It can also be rational to want to learn something new. See also system, order, creativity, discoveries, evaluation, repetition._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

Grenz I 21
Rationality/Odysseus/Adorno: Odysseus survives only thanks to his cunning. This is the first manifestation of the rational-calculating mind.
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Grenz I 22
Odysseus is the "prototype of the bourgeois individual, whose concept arises in that unified self-assertion, whose pre-worldly pattern the traveler presents." (Dialektik der Aufklärung, p. 50)
The bridge to the bourgeois individual forms the concept of rational work.
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Grenz I 23
Rationality/Adorno/Grenz: the rational behavior of the superior is enforced by regression on the pre-emancipative state._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals
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